BCP,BAM Merge

Monday, May 17, 2010

It is now official, the Botswana Congress Party (BCP) and the Botswana Alliance Movement (BAM) have merged to become a single entity. The new party will however retain the BCP name although the dove on the logo has been replaced by the BAM black cow surrounded by a lime green colour.

The new BCP was officially launched at a rally in White City, Gaborone on Saturday and followed the signing of a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) between the two parties on Friday.

Outgoing BCP vice-president Dr Kesitegile Gobotswang said the party would continue using the BCP constitution until the July congress where a new central committee will be elected, and any necessary changes to the constitution made.

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